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CHLA to Train First Responders in Helping Individuals With Disabilities During Natural Disasters
April 1, 2025
CHLA’s University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities is working to improve support for children and adults with disabilities during disasters.
What Does Whooping Cough Sound Like?
March 28, 2025
A CHLA specialist in infectious diseases explains what whooping cough (pertussis) looks and sounds like, and why vaccination is critical.
Genome Sequencing Finds Answers to Mystery Conditions in the NICCU
March 28, 2025
Genome sequencing can improve diagnosis of newborns for rare genetic diseases in Children’s Hospital Los Angeles’ NICCU.
The Best NICUs Have These 5 Things
March 27, 2025
The head of CHLA’s neonatal intensive care unit tells parents what to look for to ensure the highest-caliber care and experience for their baby.
Recognizing and Overcoming Postpartum Depression
March 27, 2025
When it’s more than just the “baby blues”: Sadness, irritability, exhaustion, and other symptoms after a new baby may be postpartum depression (PPD).
Keep Your Child Safe from Household Cleaners and Chemicals
March 26, 2025
A pediatrician’s guide to childproofing your home against common household toxins
5 Things Parents Need to Know About Multiple Sclerosis
March 24, 2025
CHLA neuroimmunologist Laura Saucier, MD, MSc, offers parents the most important information on pediatric multiple sclerosis (MS).
Why Is it Important to Choose a Pediatric Research Hospital With Access to Clinical Trials?
March 21, 2025
Every cancer treatment that exists for children was tested in a clinical trial. Clinical research and clinical trials are the only way to develop new and better therapies for children with cancer
Defying the Odds
March 13, 2025
Born with Pierre Robin sequence and hospitalized her first three months of life, Julie Rose, now 8, greets each day with positivity and confidence.
Healing Circle Gives Voice to Patients Striving for Sobriety
March 12, 2025
CHLA’s Substance Use Prevention and Treatment team uses an age-old Indigenous ritual to support its young patients in their journey toward recovery.